Improvement in clothes-driers



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ALFRED. D`AY,

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Letters Patent No. 1'11,519,'dated February 7, y1871.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of lthe same.

To'ailwhom it may concern Beit known that I, ALFRED DAY, of Skowhegan,

appertains to fully understand and to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming. part-` of this specification,'and in which Figure '1 is a side elevation of a clothes-drier coustructed according to my invention, the arms being tise or slot near the top of the standard, whence it extended.

Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, ofthe grooved standard, showing the pivoted cap, the slid-v f ing collar, and the means for spreading and folding the arms.

My invention relates to that class of clothes-driers composed of a series of folding arms mounted upon a standard and provided with ropes or lines extending from arm to arm.f

My 'object is to simplify the construction of suoli driers to render -them cheaper, more durable, and less liable to derangement than those now in use, and

make vthem at thc saine time capable of easy operation. A,

The invention' relates particularly to the attachment o fthe arms and braces, and the means for op# erating then'; and

It consists in the cons tructlon, arrangement, and combination of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, Y f

Referring'to the drawing, wherein similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the two liguresf -A, represents a standard, which is of wood, and

made round throughout its length or for the greater part thereof, and is provided with a longitudinal groove, a. This standard may be either set permanently in the ground, or itl-may be provided with a broad base so as to be portable and adapt it for use within doors.-

Ou the top of the standard is fitted a cap, b, which turns loosely upon a fixed central screw or pin, as shown clearly in fig. 2.

This cap will be generally cast. It is .provided with pairs of ears or lugs d, corresponding in number tothe arms and braces employed.

The arms e e, upon which the cords or lines fjare stretched, are pivoted at their lower ends between ears or lugs projecting from the periphery of a-collar, g, which slides freely up and down upon the rounded portion of the standard.

Eachfarm is strengthened by a brace, h, pivoted at its outer end to the arm, and at itsinner` extremity between the ears or lugs upon the cap b.

i represents a T-shaped slide, made as fshown in section in iig. 2, the Vertical portion projecting into and occupying the groove a in the standard, thus preventing lateral motion but allowing the slide to move vertically.

This'slide carries the collar g, the latter resting in a depression made in the slide, Where it is retained by shoulders and projections jk thereon. f

To the slide` i is attached a cord, k, which passes `up the groove zand over a pulley, l, located in a mordcpends so asto'fbe' within easy reach.

The operation will be readily understood.

When the drier is not in use the sliding collaris near the base oi' the standard, and the arms and braces aie thereby brought to a vertical position close to or against the standard.

To spreadthe arms the operator draws upon the hanging cord, which, as it carries up the slide and collar, extends the arms more or less,*as desired;aud to retain them in position itlis'- only necessary to secure the elevating-cord to a cleat, m, fixed in the standard. When the cord is released the sliding collar is moved down and the arms folded.

,It should be observed'that the arms, collar, and cap can be freely rotated upon the standardwhether the arms are spread or folded, the slide which carries the collar remaining stationary, at least so far as regards lateral or rotating motion,- and presenting no impediment to the revolution ot" the arms, cap, and' collar.

This provision fenders it unnecessary for the operator to change his position while hanging outor taking in clothes, all parts of the drier being brought within reach by its rotation.

Having thus described iny invention,

What I claim as new,ra`nd desire to secure by Let.-

l. The T-shapcd slide, in combination with the collar q and grooved standard A a, when constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for the purpose set lforth.

2. The combination of the slide t', collar g, grooved lstandard A a, the -cap l), folding and revolving arms o, braces h, lines f, the cord 7c, and pulley l, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as herein described. ALFRED DAY.

Witnesses:

R. M. Manson, A. CROSBY. 

